3Com 9000 manual Preparing, Platform, Starting, Device View

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4Define groups and manage devices — To help you organize managed devices, Device View enables you to create SuperStack groups. You can then select one symbol that represents the devices, and manage all the devices in a single window.

5Set up IP address of management station — Each device needs to be set up with the IP address of the management station in order to send traps to it.

Preparing the	To allow the management platform to communicate properly with the
Management	managed devices, you need to set up the read-write community string on
Platform	the management station. For detailed instructions on performing this
	task, refer to the network management documentation.
Starting	You can launch Device View from a command line or from Transcend
Device View	Central.
	Integration of Device View with your management platform is performed
	automatically when you install Transcend Network Control Services.
Community Strings	Community strings are stored in two locations: your network
	management platform and the Transcend database. Device View uses the
	community strings stored in the Transcend database. It is important that
	the community string information be identical in both locations for a
	particular device to maintain communication between Transcend
	applications and the device.
	You can use Transcend Central to import device information (including
	community strings) from the network managment platform to the
	Transcend database. However, community string changes made in
	Transcend Central are not propogated to the network managment
	platform. Therefore, if you want to change the community string for a
	device, reset the string in the network managment platform and then
	change the string in the Transcend database by using Transcend Central
	to re-import the device.
Using the Command	At the prompt, enter the command:
Line	/usr/3Com/dv/bin/dv hostname
	where hostname is the hostname or IP address of the device.